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limiting factor

an environmental factor that limits the growth or activities of an organism or that restricts the size of a population or its geographical range

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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